Black Friday is coming up — right after Thanksgiving. I’m not a huge fan of shopping on Black Friday, but my husband does like to go out and get a few things for me at this time. It never ceases to amaze me that he is willing to brave the crazy crowds and traffic. But he does. Here are some of the things that my husband likes to do in order to make his Black Friday shopping relatively painless:

Leave me and our son home: Obviously, he is getting me gifts, so I can’t come along. But our son stays home, …read more

You might want to hold off on getting those half-priced tickets from Shell. You can get a discount while helping to stock food pantries for the Chicago Christian Industrial League.